期刊
NANOMATERIALS
卷 12, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano12122077
关键词
seed layer; exchange coupling; pinning direction
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资金
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2021YFB3201800]
- Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province [2021CXGC0101109]
This study investigates the impact of seed layer thickness on the magnetic properties of giant magnetoresistance thin films. A new synthetic spin valve film structure and magnetic properties were discovered, providing a new way to control the perfection of film texture.
The effect of the seed layers on the magnetic properties of the giant magnetoresistance thin films has received a lot of attention. Here, a synthetic spin valve film stack with a wedge-shaped NiFeCr seed layer is deposited and annealed following a zero-field cooling procedure. The film crystallinity and magnetic properties are studied as a function of the NiFeCr seed layer thickness. It is found that the exchange coupling field from the IrMn/CoFe interface and the antiferromagnetic coupling field in the synthetic antiferromagnet both increase as the seed layer thickness increases, indicating the perfection of film texture. In this film, the critical thickness of the NiFeCr seed layer for the formation of the ordered IrMn3 texture is about 9.3 nm. Meanwhile, a reversal of the pinning direction in the film is observed at this critical thickness of NiFeCr. This phenomenon can be explained in a free energy model by the competition effect between the exchange coupling and the interlayer coupling during the annealing process.
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